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The Newton Challenge
Make Newton proud. Scholars apply their understanding of forces and energy to an engineering design challenge. They learn about simple machines, create a presentation on Newton's laws, and develop a balloon-powered car.
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Stocking the Shelves
How many ways can you stock a shelf? It's probably more than you think! Young scholars use data in a frequency table to determine how many ways to stock a shelf given a specific constraint for types of groups. They then repeat the task...
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Speed Problems
Challenge your fourth graders with these tricky word problems about speed. They use the formula for time, distance, and speed to solve six scenarios. There are three examples, each showing an instance when a different variable must be...
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My Test Book: Decimal Addition and Subtraction
In this math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to add and subtract using decimals. Students may view the correct answers.
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Multi step operations
In this multiple step math operation instructional activity, students read a math word problem and then solve it. In order to solve the problem, they must work out more than one operation. There are 8 questions and the answers are on the...
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Newton in Motion Project
Students investigate Newton's Third Law of Motion as it exits in real world applications. They watch as the teacher makes a simple balloon powered car before explaining how the motion of the car demonstrates Newton's Third Law of Motion....
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Get Geared Up
Middle schoolers calculate gear ratio as they solve word problems. They discuss and find slopes as they relate to real life. Additionally, they hey use ratio and proportion to make predictions and solve problems.
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Elapsed Time - Problem Solving 13.2
In this reading a schedule worksheet, students use the movie schedule to answer the word problems about elapsed time. For the last problem, students use the length of three different movies to help them answer the question.
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Relay Race
Students program RCX cars to relay information to one another via Mail when triggered by light sensors. The light sensors are appropriately spaced to allow for timed triggers.
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Average Speed in a Pinewood Derby
In this average speed worksheet, students are given the distance a derby car must travel and its time for three trials. Students find the average speed and answer four questions about the data.
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Statistics Problems
For this statistics worksheet, 3rd graders answer questions about different graphs including bar graphs, picture graphs, line graphs, and more. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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Coin Crossroads
Students play a racetrack game using money vocabulary and adding coins with the same value. They read car racing stories and observe the reverse of the Indiana quarter. They locate Indiana on a map.
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Length Word Problems
Who has the longest cell phone? Find this and other wacky measurement scenarios in this set of length word problems. There are 10 problems here, and scholars show their work for each in a provided space. They determine lengths given how...
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Daytona 500
Students use pedometers to help track distance goals while participating in a team scooter race modeled after the Daytona 500.
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Number facts
In this number facts worksheet, students determine the number associated with each of the twenty-five facts provided. Students then need to determine how the answers are related to each other. Answers are provided at the end of the...
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Subtract Money Amounts
In this subtracting money amounts worksheet, students subtract the money amounts within the word problems. Students solve six word problems.
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Boardwalk Fun
In this word problem worksheet, students read about the preferences for each of the kids Colleen, Amy, Brian, and Jimmy. The kids all plan to visit a different place first. Students determine which place the kids will visit first by...
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The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare
Both The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare are great additions to an elementary language arts lesson. Young readers focus on the literary elements of each story, including characters and plot development, and apply counting and...
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Recycled Racers
Young scholars research automobile operating systems in relation to racing. They design and construct vehicles from recycled material which they race to study the concept of propulsion.
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It's a Drag!
Students create number lines using decimals and whole numbers. In this algebra instructional activity, students graph and solve linear equations. They plot ordered pairs on a coordinate plane correctly.
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Hands On: Find Decimal Sums and Differences
In this finding decimal sums and differences practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Divide a Whole Number by a Decimal
For this division worksheet, 4th graders solve 6 word problems by dividing whole numbers by decimals. They work with measurement in kilometers, gallons, and miles.
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Momentum
In this momentum worksheet, students review the equations for finding momentum using the mass and speed. They solve eighteen problems using the equation for momentum to find the unknown.
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Speed Machines
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers solve each of the word problems on speed machines using the formula given and rounding their answers to the nearest tenth. Students also fill in the boxes and use a calculator to determine how...